Wayne Dawson
@waynedawsoneco.bsky.social
Ecologist, @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Director, NERC ACCE+ DLA: https://accedtp.ac.uk/
🏳️🌈, firstgen.
www.dawsonecology.com
🏳️🌈, firstgen.
www.dawsonecology.com
Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
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November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.
And then, some plants appeared.
October 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
And then, some plants appeared.
This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.
A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.
September 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
And Alison won first poster prize! Well done.
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
And Alison won first poster prize! Well done.
And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!
My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.
August 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.
What happens to an abandoned golf course.
August 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What happens to an abandoned golf course.
Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.
August 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.
In the Royal Albert Hall for an exciting Prom! Including Holst's 'The Planets' (a favourite in our house), and Star Wars. What a combo!
August 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In the Royal Albert Hall for an exciting Prom! Including Holst's 'The Planets' (a favourite in our house), and Star Wars. What a combo!
Plus a very cute little thrift, moss campion cushions, wild thyme and kidney vetch.
August 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Plus a very cute little thrift, moss campion cushions, wild thyme and kidney vetch.
Missed #wildflowerhour yet again! But, the flowers were too lovely at the Keen of Hamar, #Unst ( #Shetland ), not to share. This site is special for its barren, rocky landscape of weathered, rare serpentine rock. We were lucky to see a late-flowering 'Shetland mouse-ear' (endemic).
August 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Missed #wildflowerhour yet again! But, the flowers were too lovely at the Keen of Hamar, #Unst ( #Shetland ), not to share. This site is special for its barren, rocky landscape of weathered, rare serpentine rock. We were lucky to see a late-flowering 'Shetland mouse-ear' (endemic).
On the way home, we stopped at Birnam to say 'hello' to the ancient oak. We were treated to two osprey, hunting on the Tay over Dunkeld bridge.
August 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
On the way home, we stopped at Birnam to say 'hello' to the ancient oak. We were treated to two osprey, hunting on the Tay over Dunkeld bridge.
Back on the ferry to Britain. Had a wonderful 2 weeks in Orkney and Shetland. Yesterday's clifftop walk on Muckle Roe was a highlight!
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Back on the ferry to Britain. Had a wonderful 2 weeks in Orkney and Shetland. Yesterday's clifftop walk on Muckle Roe was a highlight!
Had a fantastic day on stunning Unst: Hermaness NNR was breathtaking! Loving Shetland.
July 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Had a fantastic day on stunning Unst: Hermaness NNR was breathtaking! Loving Shetland.
And finally on Mainland: introduced italian toadflax in Kirkwall, plus devil's bit scabious with bumblebee and grass of parnassus at Mull Head.
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
And finally on Mainland: introduced italian toadflax in Kirkwall, plus devil's bit scabious with bumblebee and grass of parnassus at Mull Head.
Sanday offered sea sandwort, ragged robin, N marsh orchid and sea rocket:
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Sanday offered sea sandwort, ragged robin, N marsh orchid and sea rocket:
On Egilsay: sneezewort, marsh ragwort, angelica and meadowsweet.
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
On Egilsay: sneezewort, marsh ragwort, angelica and meadowsweet.
Late again to the #wildflowerhour party, but the flowers on display in Orkney deserve a post ot two. Meadow pea and marsh woundwort on Rousay:
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Late again to the #wildflowerhour party, but the flowers on display in Orkney deserve a post ot two. Meadow pea and marsh woundwort on Rousay:
About to board the ferry to Shetland, after an adventurous week in Orkney. Empty, white sandy beaches on Egilsay and Sanday, and impressive neolithic cairns on Rousay (Midhowe) and Sanday (Quoyness).
July 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
About to board the ferry to Shetland, after an adventurous week in Orkney. Empty, white sandy beaches on Egilsay and Sanday, and impressive neolithic cairns on Rousay (Midhowe) and Sanday (Quoyness).
A mad week. Learned a pcr protocol to id male and female red campion flowers in Durham; various ACCE+ meetings: Impatiens soil sampling in 🏴; aquatic status of 889 plant spp assigned; commented on 3 manuscripts; meetings with the lab. Still have a grant proposal to finish, but off to 🏴 for a rest.
July 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A mad week. Learned a pcr protocol to id male and female red campion flowers in Durham; various ACCE+ meetings: Impatiens soil sampling in 🏴; aquatic status of 889 plant spp assigned; commented on 3 manuscripts; meetings with the lab. Still have a grant proposal to finish, but off to 🏴 for a rest.
A mad week of fieldwork with Rain among the triffids complete. One more site to go next Thursday.
July 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A mad week of fieldwork with Rain among the triffids complete. One more site to go next Thursday.